| INFIDELITY | A member of the World Chess Federation left it; why? I heard for cheating |
| FIDE | World Chess Federation, founded in 1924 (4) |
| SAMSNEAD | Winner of a record 82 PGA Tour events, and a charter member of the World Golf Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| FISCHER | Bobby ___, winner of the World Chess Championship from 1972-75 (7) |
| KASPAROV | Garry ___, 1985 winner of the World Chess Championship (8) |
| BOTVINNIK | Mikhail ___, winner of the World Chess Championship from 1948-57 (9) |
| EUWE | Max ___, winner of the World Chess Championship from 1935-37 (4) |
| CLUBSANDWITCH | Member of the World Sorceress Society who flew in from the Gobi? |
| PYTHON | A member of the world's largest snake species (6) |
| FINN | Member of the world's happiest people, per repeated World Happiness Reports |
| GRANDMASTER | A player who has been awarded the highest title by the international chess federation, FIDE (11) |
| AKABUSI | Kriss ---, member of the world-championship-winning men's 4x400m squad in 1991 |
| IDENTITY | I make impression on it. Why? It's a recognisable quality (8) |
| HINDU | A member of the worlds third largest religion, which has around 1.2 billion followers (5) |
| AFFINITY | Sympathy for a loud noise in it. Why? (8) |
| THEBANDPLAYEDON | No ands about it, why the concert took so long to end? |
| ENMITY | Men moved when followed by it. Why? Because of hostility (6) |
| NIGELSHORT | English chess player who challenged Garry Kasparov for the World Chess Championship in 1993 |
| STL | Home to the World Chess Hall of Fame: Abbr. |
| SECONDSIGHT | Foreknowledge, is it why we need two eyes? (6,5) |
